The Fringes of Madison County

We thought the "are you now or have you ever been, known or associated with" line of questioning went out with the 1950s. But leave it to a group of modern trial lawyers to revive the practice.

Far from unearthing Communists, however, these trial lawyers have their eye on something more sinister: people they believe belong to or fellow-travel with any group that "advocates, lobbies for, or conducts public relations campaigns in favor of so-called 'tort reform.'"